Jimmy Jardine

Jimmy Jardine was a British Army Major during the Cyprus Crisis.

Biography
Jimmy Jardine was a Major in the British Army, and he served in its special forces. In 2002, during the Cyprus Crisis, he commanded a special forces detachment that was sent to rescue the British High Commissioner in Cyprus from Greek nationalist insurgents, and he was hailed as a hero in the media. He later rescued the High Commissioner and President Dimitri Nicolaou from the insurgents, but, on the way back to Nicosia, the convoy was halted by civilians and schoolgirls, who blocked the road, sang Greek songs, and demanded that the British surrender in exchange for free passage. However, when nationalist rebels opened fire on the British, the British fired back, killing several civilians in the crossfire. The massacred vilified Jardine, and the British government collapsed due to the crisis.